By Steve Williams Maddie Maben, L&N STEM Academy’s female Student-Athlete of the Year, was one of the triplets who played tennis at L&N during their high school careers. While Maddie was a state runner-up in singles this year in TSSAA’s Small School...
God’s Gift in a Storm
By Ralphine Major It was eerily reminiscent of June 2011. We watched trees 60 feet tall bending as a fierce windstorm approached around 5:30 in the afternoon. Thunder roared! Lights went out! Power was estimated to be restored in about an hour. But then, a new message...
The Knoxville Focus for June 28, 2021
‘You Pay, You Say’ voter initiative gains momentum A citizen-initiated petition to establish limits on taxation levied by the city of Knoxville is gaining momentum. The ‘You Pay, You Say’ campaign has already collected over 1,283 signatures and tens of thousands of...
Leftist hypocrisy… the beat goes on
By Steve Hunley Leftists in America are struggling to explain the surge in crime occurring all across the country, but most especially in Democrat-run cities. Voters in New York City just went to the polls to elect a mayor to succeed Bill DeBlasio and Eric Adams...
Big Pharma and Covid
By John J. Duncan Jr. A few weeks ago, I read nine top officials of the pharmaceutical giants had become billionaires thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine. Commenting on this, Professor Victor Davis Hanson said only about 15% of the world population had received the vaccine...
Congressman Sam McReynolds of Tennessee
By Ray Hill Very few people remember Samuel Davis McReynolds, who was a long-time Congressman representing Tennessee’s Third District, which includes Chattanooga; yet during his time, he was a highly influential member of the House of Representatives. Quite...
The President’s Budget
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com The president unveiled his $6 trillion budget – although using the word “budget” next to $6 trillion seems ludicrous. I will leave it to others to critique the contents of the proposal. There is one surprisingly honest facet...
The Premise
The only thing that progressives do is make things progressively worse. Greg Gutfeld By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s a beautiful Wednesday afternoon as I sit down to write this column. Usually by this time something has popped up which interests me enough to spin into an...
Taking a fishing break in Fountain City
By Mike Steely I don’t fish very often, not as much as I’d like to. I’ve fished deep sea, from ocean beaches and piers, with my kids and wife or by myself, and caught just about every variety of fish. Nowadays I fish occasionally and usually from the banks of the...
Kuerschen and Edwards are Catholic honorees
By Steve Williams Cassie Kuerschen and BJ Edwards have brought a lot of excitement to the sports scene at Knoxville Catholic High School. Irish fans will miss seeing Kuerschen playing the game of volleyball as she begins her collegiate career at Penn State this fall....
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...